The Public School Word-book / A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities

by John Stephen Farmer

Form-beak, subs. (Harrow).—A form-master. See Beak.

Form-game, subs. (Harrow: obsolete).—At football, the games arranged in grades of ability, and not by Houses. They were named on the same principle as the school is arranged—Sixth Form game, Fifth Form game, and so on.

Forty, subs. (Felsted).—A division of the school for football or cricket. Each FORTY has its own ground.

Fotch, subs. (Christ’s Hospital).—A blow on the face. Also as verb = to strike.

Fox, verb (Stonyhurst).—To pretend to be ill.

Frart, subs. (Christ’s Hospital).—A potato.

Fug, subs. (Harrow).—See ante. The name is now given to a diminutive Association ball: formerly one of hair and chamois-leather.

Fungi, subs. (Christ’s Hospital)—India-rubber.

Gomer, subs. (Winchester).—See ante, sense 2. I am informed that there is yet another usage. Gomers = a suit of clothes in which to go home. [Because College men wear gowns.]